Scientific Calendar Event



Description

One of the new scientific frontiers in climate science is High-Resolution Kilometer-Scale Climate Projections. In the last years the role and potential of AI has been explored to complement the standard physically based dynamical models to overcome the main limitation due to the need of massive computational resources, to decrease the simulation time and to possibly improve the understanding of fine scale dynamic. The 2-weeks joint ICTP/UM6P/Toubkal Supercomputer event, with the participation of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development , aims to equip scientists with an understanding of contemporary computer tools to master the state of the art techniques for advanced Climate Modeling using the most powerful facility for high-performance computing hosted in the African continent. It offers an intensive curriculum emphasizing hands-on skills vital for modern scientists using HPC resources, alternating direct lectures and lab sessions.
 
Special emphasis will be placed on young researchers and practitioners, as well as master’s and PhD students interested in enhancing their climate modeling skills. Gender balance will also be prioritized, as much as possible, while considering qualifications and available candidates. The call for applications will specify the main criteria of selection, underlining that applications from Africa and the Arab world are strongly encouraged and financially supported.
 
The School will cover mainly:
  • Regional climate modeling : from theory to applications
  • High-Perfomance Computing and Applied AI
  • ML based Regional Climate Emulators
 
NOTE: An intense series of parallel sessions specific to the learning of modern techniques for parallel programming will be offered to scientists from UM6P and partners.

 
Research abstracts: In the application form, all applicants are requested to submit a brief research abstract for a poster presentation and/or contributed talk. A limited number of abstracts will be selected for the poster session and/or to give a talk. Please use ICTP templates available for download here and below under 'Material'.

 
Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.
Go to day
  • Monday, 8 September 2025
    • 10:00 - 18:30
      • 10:00 Welcome & Acknowledgements 5'
        Speaker: Fatima Driouech (UM6P)
      • 10:05 Introduction to ICTP 10'
        Speaker: Erika Coppola (ICTP)
      • 10:15 ICOMP 10'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
      • 10:25 Introduction to the TOUBKAL Supercomputer 10'
        Speaker: Robert Basmadjian (UM6P)
      • 10:35 Welcome from IWRI 5'
        Speaker: Hicham Fenniri (IWRI department head)
      • 10:40 Welcome from College of Computing 5'
        Speaker: Ismail Berrada (UM6P)
      • 10:45 Boosting Earth System Model Outputs And Saving PetaBytes in their Storage Using Exascale Climate Emulator 45'
        Speaker: Sameh Abdulah (KAUST)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 Intro to Climate Modeling 30'
        Speaker: Erika Coppola (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Climate Models, examples of use 30'
        Speaker: Fatima Driouech (UM6P)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:00 IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities 30'
        Speaker: Rita Nogherotto (CNR)
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h25'
      • 14:55 Group photo 5'
      • 15:00 HPC-Lab (Intro to usage of the Toubkal Supercomputer) 1h30'
        Speaker: Imad Kissami (UM6P)
        Material: Link to teaching material
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 HPC-Lab (Intro to usage of the Toubkal Supercomputer) 1h30'
        Speaker: Imad Kissami (UM6P)
  • Tuesday, 9 September 2025
    • 10:00 - 18:30
      • 10:00 Intro to Climate Modeling (Climate system, climate modeling basis, model components,model types) 45'
        Speaker: Fatima Driouech (UM6P)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:45 Soil-atm interactions arid reagions (case study) 45'
        Speaker: Khadija Arjdal (IWRI)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 Focus on RegCM (components, data, etc.) - RegCM5 parametrizations + Regional Earth System Model 1h30'
        Speaker: Rita Nogherotto (CNR), Graziano Giuliani (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 RegCM Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), Rita Nogherotto (CNR), Francesca Raffaele (OGS)
        Material: Slides
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 RegCM Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), Rita Nogherotto (CNR), Francesca Raffaele (OGS)
    • 10:00 - 18:30 Parallel session
      • 10:00 HPC (Intro) 1h30'
        Speaker: Sameh Abdulah (KAUST)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 Thinking in Parallel 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 HPC Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
        Material: Task Farming
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 HPC Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
  • Wednesday, 10 September 2025
    • 10:00 - 18:30
      Updated Venue: Ibn Tofail room at the Centre of Congress
      • 10:00 AI intro 1h30'
        Speaker: Serafina Di Gioia (ICTP)
        Material: Link to teaching material
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 AI intro 1h30'
        Speaker: Serafina Di Gioia (ICTP)
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 AI intro Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Serafina Di Gioia (ICTP)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 AI intro Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Serafina Di Gioia (ICTP)
  • Thursday, 11 September 2025
    • 10:00 - 18:30
      • 10:00 GPU Computing 1h30'
        Speaker: Hatem Ltaief (KAUST)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 GPU Computing 1h30'
        Speaker: Hatem Ltaief (KAUST)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 RegCM Lab - Definition of the participants' projects 1h30'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), Rita Nogherotto (CNR), Francesca Raffaele (OGS)
        Material: Link to teaching material
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 RegCM Lab - Definition of the participants' projects 1h30'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), Rita Nogherotto (CNR), Francesca Raffaele (OGS)
    • 15:00 - 18:30 Parallel session
      • 15:00 GPU Programming (Lab) 1h30'
        Speaker: Hatem Ltaief (KAUST), Valentin Le Fèvre (AlgoDoers)
        Material: Slides
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 GPU Programming (Lab) 1h30'
        Speaker: Hatem Ltaief (KAUST), Valentin Le Fèvre (AlgoDoers)
        Material: Slides
  • Friday, 12 September 2025
    • 10:00 - 18:30
      • 10:00 HPC for AI/AI for HPC Hatem 1h30'
        Speaker: Hatem Ltaeif (KAUST)
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 HPC for AI 1h30'
        Speaker: Serafina Di Gioia (ICTP)
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 RegCM Lab - Extremes and GWLs computation 1h30'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), Rita Nogherotto (CNR), Francesca Raffaele (OGS)
        Material: Slides
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 RegCM Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), Rita Nogherotto (CNR), Francesca Raffaele (OGS)
    • 15:00 - 18:30 Parallel session
      • 15:00 GPU Programming (Lab) 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 GPU Programming (Lab) 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
  • Monday, 15 September 2025
    • 10:00 - 18:30 Parallel session
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 108 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:00 Shared Mem with OpenMP 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 Shared Mem using Py 1h30'
        Speaker: Imad Kissami (UM6P)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 HPC Lab (First exercise SH OpenMP/PY) 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP), Imad Kissami (UM6P)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 HPC Lab (First exercise SH OpenMP/PY) 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP), Imad Kissami (UM6P)
    • 10:00 - 18:30
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 107 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:00 Application to cities 1h30'
        Speaker: Rafiq Hamdi (IRM)
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 Application to cities 1h30'
        Speaker: Rita Nogherotto (CNR)
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 AI for Climate - lecture 1h30'
        Speaker: Serafina Di Gioia (ICTP)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 AI for downscaling - lecture 1h30'
        Speaker: Serafina Di Gioia (ICTP), Erika Coppola (ICTP)
  • Tuesday, 16 September 2025
    • 10:00 - 18:30 Parallel session
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 108 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:00 Intro MPI 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 Intro MPIPY 1h30'
        Speaker: Imad Kissami (UM6P)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 HPC Lab (MPI first exercise MPI/MPIPY) 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP), Imad Kissami (UM6P)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 HPC Lab (MPI first exercise MPI/MPIPY) 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP), Imad Kissami (UM6P)
    • 10:00 - 18:30
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 107 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:00 RegCM lab 1h30'
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 ML / Bias-correction 1h30'
        Online
        Speaker: Redouane Lguensat (IRD-IPSL)
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 Introduction to Deep Learning–Based Statistical Downscaling 1h30'
        Online
        Speaker: Jose González-Abad (Universidad de Cantabria)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 Hands-On Session: Building a Statistical Downscaling Model 1h30'
        Online
        Speaker: Jose González-Abad (Universidad de Cantabria)
  • Wednesday, 17 September 2025
    • 10:00 - 18:30 Parallel session
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 108 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:00 Distributed GPU programming hack sessions 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 Distributed GPU programming hack sessions 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 Distributed GPU programming hack sessions 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 Distributed GPU programming hack sessions 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
    • 10:00 - 18:30
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 107 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:00 Climate services from climate model data 1h30'
        Online
        Speaker: Jerome Servonnat (IPSL)
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 Intro to CP simulations 1h0'
        Speaker: Erika Coppola (ICTP), Francesca Raffaele (OGS)
        Material: Slides
      • 13:00 Assessment of the climate change impact on the discharge of the Italian river network using Convection Permitting climate models 30'
        Online
        Speaker: Luiza Vargas (ICTP)
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 Application to hydrology (Climate modeling + bias correction + hdrological modeling) 45'
        Online
        Speaker: Yves Tramblay (IRD)
        Material: Slides
      • 15:45 RegCM lab 45'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 RegCM lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP)
  • Thursday, 18 September 2025
    • 10:00 - 18:30 Parallel session
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 108 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:00 Distributed GPU programming hack sessions 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 Distributed GPU programming hack sessions 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 Distributed GPU programming hack sessions 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 Distributed GPU programming hack sessions 1h30'
        Speaker: Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
    • 10:00 - 18:30
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 107 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:00 Intro to Attribution 45'
        Online
        Speaker: Chen Lu (ICTP)
      • 10:45 Attribution of a flood event: a case study of the April/May 2024 floods in Southern Brazil 45'
        Online
        Speaker: Luiza Vargas (ICTP)
      • 11:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:00 ML-DL based dowscaling (case study) 1h30'
        Speaker: Mohammad El Aabaribaoune (IWRI)
      • 13:30 Lunch 1h30'
      • 15:00 AI for downscaling - Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Serafina Di Gioia (ICTP)
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
      • 17:00 RegCM lab 1h30'
  • Friday, 19 September 2025
    • 10:30 - 13:30 Parallel session
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 108 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:30 Hackathon results review and discussions 1h15'
        Speakers: Ivan Girotto (ICTP), Imad Kissami (UM6P)
      • 11:45 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:15 Hackathon results review and discussions 1h15'
        Speakers: Ivan Girotto (ICTP), Imad Kissami (UM6P)
    • 10:30 - 14:00
      Location: Ben Guerir, Morocco ( Room 107 - The College of Computing )
      • 10:30 Project Presentations 1h15'
        Speakers: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), Fatima Driouech (UM6P)
      • 11:45 Coffee break 30'
      • 12:15 Project Presentations 1h15'
        Speakers: Graziano Giuliani (ICTP), Fatima Driouech (UM6P)
      • 13:30 Closing 15'